It is December 2016. You are about to jump into 5 metres of water
with a new untested Triton underwater gill in your mouth. What is going to
happen after you take that leap of faith? If Triton performs the way its
inventor says it will, the scuba-free dive era is here! Triton claims you will be able to swim at a
depth of 5m for 45-minutes without needing scuba gear. Your air is processed by
the device from the water you are swimming in! Not likely, says the New York City based Tech
Insider magazine. They ask is the technology Triton touts more science fiction
than fact? Triton is South Korean designer Jeabyun
Yeon’s brainchild. He describe it as“a
state-of-the-art oxygen respirator, that allows you to breath underwater at
a maximum depth of 15ft by utilizing our ‘artificial gills’
technology and liquid oxygen technology.“ It looks like a scuba regulator with side wings.“Gently bite into the mouthpiece, breathe
normally, and enjoy a sense o…

Florida Panhandle divers don’t have to
apologize for having a sinking feeling tug, away at their C-cards. Early this year OceanWind, a retired harbour
tug was made environmentally safe, hauled out into the Gulf of Mexico and
scuttled. Dive shops in Pensacola are already running scuba charters out to the
first new artificial reef of 2016 and promise that there are more ships to be
sunk this year and beyond!The OceanWind was a floating workhorse. Built in 1952, she worked in the Pensacola Harbour pushing and pulling big ships as they came in and left port. The OceanWind has a massive engine to bully much bigger craft near the docks.She was 30 metres long, 8 metres wide and 12 metres tall. In January, Pensacola’s Marine Resources Division
sank the tugboat in29
metres of water. The newest Gulf of
Mexico artificial reef is about 16 kilometres southeast of Pensacola and is far
enough out into the Gulf to be in, most of the time, b…

Like many other self-employed communicators in Toronto I have an exciting/active career. On one hand I am an active publicist working on many high profile projects including the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Toronto Caribbean Carnival and RBC Taylor Prize, Cundill Prize on the other, as a journalist I have one book published (The Sinking of the Mayflower) under my name and have ghost written two other books. I am the travel editor of Diver Magazine and I write travel stories, cultural stories and housing stories for a number of daily newspapers in Canada.I am a Huffington Post. For forty years I have been researching, watching and writing about the History of Diving in the Movies. In the pages of Diver Magazine and a variety of other publications, my articles have been titled Blood And Bubble movies. I have documented over 3,000 movies dating back to the 19th century that show actors/actresses diving or snorkeling on film. My website, with three Blogs and a photography section represent just four small aspects of my work. Always Busy. Never Bored. stephen@stephenweir.com.